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PLOS ONE
卷 8, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0065350
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- CIHR
- Alzheimer Society Canada
Alzheimer disease is characterized by a gradual decrease of synaptic function and, ultimately, by neuronal loss. There is considerable evidence supporting the involvement of oligomeric amyloid-beta (A beta) in the etiology of Alzheimer's disease. Historically, AD research has mainly focused on the long-term changes caused by A beta rather than analyzing its immediate effects. Here we show that acute perfusion of hippocampal slice cultures with oligomeric A beta depresses synaptic transmission within 20 minutes. This depression is dependent on synaptic stimulation and the activation of NMDA-receptors, but not on NMDA-receptor mediated ion flux. It, therefore, appears that A beta dependent synaptic depression is mediated through a use-dependent metabotropic-like mechanism of the NMDA-receptor, but does not involve NMDA-receptor mediated synaptic transmission, i.e. it is independent of calcium flux through the NMDA-receptor.
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